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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Bradley C. Aldrich, Austin, TX (US);
Ping-sing Tsai, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew P. Wingert, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventors:
Bradley C. Aldrich, Austin, TX (US);
Ping-Sing Tsai, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew P. Wingert, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., , BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with repairing defective pixels are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes pixel defect logic configured to retrieve pixel repair information associated with at least one defective sensor of an array of photo sensors. Pixel replication logic is configured to repair defective pixels in a stream of image pixels based, at least in part, on the pixel repair information.